Leonid Meteor Shower to be Visible Across India From Today | When And Where to Watch

As per reports, people across India will be able to witness celestial wonders of Leonid Meteor Shower between midnight and break of dawn on vember 17 and 18. As Leonid meteor shower will be more in rrn hemisphere, people will be able to see it with ir naked eyes. This year, se meteor showers are active from vember 6 to 30. 

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Leonids emerge from comet Tempel-Tuttle, which takes approximately 33 years to complete one revolution around Sun. Travelling at a speed of 71 km per second, se meteors are bright and among fastest moving. According to latest reports, during this year's showers, people can expect to see a peak of around 10 to 15 meteors every hour.

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How to see Leonid Meteor Shower?

best way to see Leonid Meteor Shower is on a cloudless night when entire sky is visible and Moon is t extremely bright. stargazers can capture best view of meteor shower with ir naked eyes from locations which are far away from lights of city. Leonid Meteor Shower will be most visible after midnight and before dawn. 

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What is a meteor shower?

A meteor is a rock, or meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere, producing bright streaks of light flashing across night sky for a few seconds to minutes to even hours. When a number of such meteors pass through earth's orbit, phemen is called a meteor shower. Meteor showers appear to radiate from one point in sky, within a short period of time, ir glowing trail an effect of incineration of celestial debris that zips through atmosphere at a great speed. Meteor showers are generally named after ir 'radiant' or 'constellation', that y originate from. Draconid meteor shower, for example, originates from Draco constellation in far rrn sky.

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(Im: NASA)